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Wildcat Dumping Site
Learners research facts about illegal dumping sites and write an editorial exposing the effects of the site from their point of view and persuades readers to take action. Students brainstorm ideas that could be included in the editorial,...
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James Van Der Zee
Young scholars recognize James Van Der Zee as an outstanding photographer who documented and reflected life in Harlem during the 1920s. They identify important aspects of Van Der Zee's life and artwork and compose and shoot their own...
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Learning Sight Words with Picture Me Reading and the Document Camera
First graders identify sight words. In this learning sight words lesson, 1st graders view flash cards to practice the words and identify them in a poem.
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Cultural Symbols are Cool
Fifth graders recognize pioneer symbols and create a personal symbol. They, in groups, each get a state symbol and have them discuss why that symbol represents Utah. Have the groups select a spokesperson to share group findings with the...
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DatabaseProblem Solving: World Work Organization
Seventh graders use sorting and searching techniques to solve a specific problem using a prepared database.
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Using Database to Organize Information
Fifth graders collect information about an assigned topic. They organize data by using a database.
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Social Studies: African Folklore and Geography
Students discover the connection between geography and folklore in several African nations. In groups, they record information from maps of their assigned countries. Students observe the pictures in books and match the geographic...
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Same, But Different
Young scholars compare and contrast specific characters in the book, "Old Henry." They discuss similarities and differences between people and define character traits. They assess one's own character traits and have a class discussion...
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Creating A Document With A Table, Chart, and Watermark
Young scholars demonstrate to instructor how to add a border and shading to a paragraph. They also insert a section break and create a header different from a previous header.
Students design a poster showing characters formatted using...
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Women's Roles: Then and Now
Fourth graders investigate women's roles during the frontier era in what is today's West Virginia. In this US history activity, 4th graders discuss similarities and differences of women's roles in the past with what women's roles are in...
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Take A Verb Back In Time
Young scholars write a story that takes place in the past and include regular and irregular verbs. In this verbs lesson plan, students identify the verbs after they write their story.
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A poem about India
Students read and discuss the poem Khwab before writing poems of their own. Students get the opportunity to explore impressionistic poetry about place.
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Writing Japanese Stories (Grades 6-8)
Students listen to several Japanese stories and write their own Japanese-style stories, which they share with the class.
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Keyboarding - Dear "Here is Your Help"
Students work in pairs to draft a letter responding to a request for advice. They brainstorm a solution and write a response using a word processing program and correct letter format.
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Hats off to you!
Students learn about cultures through hats. Students complete "hat" writings, puzzles, and language games around the theme.
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Two Way Communication
Students play a modified game of hangman. One students is the drawer and the other the communicator. They also experiment playing the game in which both students can talk.
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Cultural Symbols are Cool
Fifth graders examine different symbols and their meaning. They are shown modern symbols and in groups, they discuss other state symbols. They create their own personal symbol and write a paragraph explaining it.
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Sing a Song of Coinage
Students examine the Tennessee state quarter. They discuss Tennessee's musical heritage, examine all of the coins and as a group, create a song about coins or money. They also complete worksheets pertaining to the lesson.
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Media/Citizenship: Speed 3
Students examine data about the effects of speed in car accidents. They create their own media campaign about safety while driving. They share their ideas with the class.
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A unicorn in the Snow
First graders compose own poetic sentences, using repetitive patterns, and carefully select sentenes with imagery. They make connections and see relationships and envision what might be. The poem is to be about an unexpected snowfall...
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As You See It
Students determine how they would describe their library media center to someone who has never seen it. They illustrate their favorite section of the center and write a paragraph describing it. They make a class book with each student's...
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Drums and Sound
Through discussion, demonstration, and observation of
performances by drum groups, students discover how vibrations
create sounds. Through exploration students can infer that when drums are struck they make noise due to vibrations.
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Rocking Chair
Learners recognize the short vowel e in written and spoken language. Through matching activities, they discriminate the short vowel /e/ from other vowel phonemes. Students associate the /e/ with its letter representation and identify the...
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Interior Design, Lesson 6
Students summarize information learned from previous lessons, and apply them to their own project: redesigning their own bedrooms. They discuss the uniqueness of the place where one lives and its importance and apply all they have...